Sticker | device (Foil) | Katowice 2019

This is a Foil Autograph of device representing Astralis, issued as part of the 2019 IEM Katowice assortment. It is the signed Foil variant of the design, intended for collectors who want the player's ink rather than a team or community-only treatment.

Foil sits above the base paper layer in the usual finish ladder for this set, a clear step up from standard stock but below specialty extremes. Within the Katowice 2019 lineup it is the premium film that many collectors look for when they want more visual presence without stepping into the very top production tiers.

Collectors prize the Foil here because it amplifies device's autograph without changing the signature itself; the reflective film gives the ink more presence on weapons and in screenshots. Since the card is full-provenance and carries the autograph, the Foil film simply makes that provenance sing harder to the eye.

This sticker falls into a mid price bracket among peers, meaning it trades above budget stickers but below the highest echelon. For collectors that translates to attainable autograph presence: you pay for the Foil and the signature without reaching into grail territory.

The autograph is device's, tied explicitly to his time on Astralis as shown on the decal. Full provenance is present, so the signature ties the object directly to the player identity rather than a generic team-only piece.

The sticker is tied to 2019 IEM Katowice, the event named on the release material. Event provenance like this anchors the decal to a specific release window and set of capsule siblings.

This decal originally dropped in the Katowice 2019 Legends Autograph Capsule, which groups it with other hand-signed pieces from the same release. That origin explains both the autograph focus and the collector attention on sibling autographs from the capsule.

Applied to a weapon the sticker can be scraped to thin levels and cannot be removed without destruction; every craft consumes a copy of the sticker. Clean, unapplied inventory therefore only shrinks as items are used or crafted onto skins.

The sticker carries a Remarkable rarity grade, placing it solidly above common and uncommon sticker grades but below the ultra-elite ranks. That classification underpins collector expectations about supply and the relative availability of clean examples.

Foil autographs like this one are popular for centerpiece crafts because the reflective film and visible signature photograph well on prominent canvas spots. Collectors will favor high-visibility placements where device's autograph benefits from the Foil sheen, which in turn drives steady demand for clean copies suited to crafting.

Released as part of the Katowice 2019 run, this sticker belongs to a late-decade wave of autograph-focused capsules produced by Valve. Its place in that release cycle makes it part of the autograph-driven catalog that followed earlier tournament sticker programs and shaped craft trends that persist today.